Who Is Jared Loughner?

Who Is Jared Loughner?

Who Is Jared Loughner?

Newly released mug shot and profile of Jared Loughner.

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Who Is Jared Loughner?

Jared Loughner's parents, Amy and Randy.

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Who Is Jared Loughner?

In his mugshot, Jared Loughner appears clean shaven with a scar on the right side of his head. Appearing before Judge Lawrence Anderson after the shootings, Loughner, shackled and in a khaki prison uniform, answered the judge's questions politely.

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Who is Jared Loughner?

Loughner, 22, is accused of opening fire at an event hosted by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Jan. 8 at a Tucson, Ariz., Safeway store, killing six and injuring 13. Shown here in his MySpace photo, Loughner said goodbye to his friends just hours before the shooting, writing on his page, "Please don't be mad at me. … I cannot rest." Also found on his MySpace page was a photo of a handgun on a U.S. history textbook.

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Who is Jared Loughner?

Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik described Loughner as "mentally unstable." "I'm not a psychiatrist, so I have no reason to believe the person was insane. Was he unstable? I would agree with that." Loughner so far faces five federal charges, one count of attempted assassination of a member of Congress, two counts of killing an employee of the United States and two counts of intent to kill employees of the United States. During a search of Loughner's home, authorities found an envelope with handwriting that read "I planned ahead" and "My assassination" and the name "Giffords," as well as Loughner's signature.

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Who is Jared Loughner?

Caitie Parker, who said she was in school and in a band with Loughner, described him on Twitter as a "political radical." Parker said that Loughner had called Giffords "stupid and unintelligent" after meeting her at an event in 2007. Parker said Loughner had a lot of friends until 2006, when he dropped out of school, claiming he had alcohol poisoning, and pursued his GED. "He was mainly a loner and very philosophical," she said.

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Jared Lee Loughner as a junior at Mountain View High School in Tucson, Ariz.

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Who Is Jared Loughner?

Jared Lee Loughner as a sophomore at Mountain View High School in Tucson.

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Who Is Jared Loughner?

Jared Lee Loughner as a freshman in Mountain View High School in Tucson.

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Who is Jared Loughner?

A high school classmate, Tong Shan, remembered Jared Loughner as a "good person." But Shan told ABC News, "He just somehow changed so much, I don't know what the hell happened to him." Lydian Ali, who took an advanced poetry class at Pima Community College with Loughner, said he would often speak out or laugh at inappropriate times. "A girl had written a poem about an abortion. It was very emotional, and she was teary eyed, and he said something about strapping a bomb to the fetus and making a baby bomber," Ali said.